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Living Without Vowels: Don’t Go to College To Learn How Much You’ll Make

January 22, 2002 by Steven Ruszczycky

Students who enter the UC system because they have a desire to learn through research are frequently finding themselves in the company of those who couldn't give a damn. This creates an environment th...
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After 29 Years Roe v. Wade is Still Under Attack

January 22, 2002 by Lauren Giardina

What is the right to choose? It is more than the right to obtain an abortion; it is the right for every woman to make her own decisions about her reproductive health.
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When the CIA Recruits Iranians, it’s Not McCarthyism

January 22, 2002 by Matthew Baylot

Not having anything intelligent to say, Ladan Moeenziai (Daily Nexus, "CIA Spies Persians With Its Blind Eye", Jan.16) chose to run her mouth off in a rant.
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12:00

January 18, 2002 by Staff

What To Do When I.V. Blacks Out Like A 120-pound Sorostitute Who’s Drank An Entire Bottle of GHB-Laced Bacardi 151: 1) Stop studying. You cannot study in the dark. 2) Call friends and carefully ...
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UC Has the Money, Obligation to Pay Us Well

January 18, 2002 by Claudia Horning

The University of California Regents met at UCLA on Jan. 16 and 17 to discuss, among other things, the UC budget.
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Even Nexus Webmasters Need To Read Other Papers

January 18, 2002 by CHRISTOPHER SHEA

I read two paragraphs of Jason La's "If You Think Celebrities Are Paid Too Much, Don't Help Pay Them" (Daily Nexus, Jan. 17) and I couldn't read any more.
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Recalls Cost Too Much Cash To Fool Around With

January 18, 2002 by JOHN GALLO

Coming out of the Bookstore on Monday, I was flagged down to sign petitions.
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Is That Your Final Answer?

January 17, 2002 by Staff

I figured out how to pay off the weatherloans.
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Montecitans Don’t Like 101? Let Them Eat Asphalt

January 17, 2002 by Henry Sarria

Aesthetics don't necessarily equate to function. Just because something looks nice it doesn't mean that it'll actually work or that the problems of the past will magically go away.
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If You Think Celebrities Are Paid Too Much, Don’t Help Pay Them

January 17, 2002 by Jason La

The public has no right to dictate where corporations should funnel their money unless you are a shareholder, nor does it make any sense to do so.
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Lecture Hall Hygiene

January 16, 2002 by Staff

There is no polite way to tell someone their stench is suffocating.
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CIA Spies Persians With Its Blind Eye

January 16, 2002 by Ladan Moeenziai

The Los Angeles Times reported that, in an attempt to keep their eye on the activities of Iran, the CIA has reassigned a number of its spies to the heavily Iranian-populated city of Los Angeles.
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It May Be Really Weird, but RealDolls Mean Sex to Some

January 16, 2002 by Sarah Kent

From dildos to rubber vaginas, inflatable women to inflatable sheep, sex with the synthetic is offered as an alternative or a supplement to "normal" sexual activity.
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Think New Books Are a Rip-off? Then Photocopy Your Material

January 16, 2002 by Jon Getty

Writers like Ted Andersen (Daily Nexus, "Selling Off Your Arm, Leg and Spleen for a Quality Education," Jan. 15) need to fundamentally reconsider how they buy books.
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Billions Can’t Buy Beaches

January 15, 2002 by Staff

It's probably wrong to gloat when other people fail, but when a billionaire fails to keep the public off of the beach in front of her 25-acre estate, it's hard not to gloat.
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